Hackintosh Snow Leopard Usb

 



A USB thumb drive that's at least 8GB in size (I'm using this 16GB Corsair drive, but obviously any sufficiently sized thumb drive should do just fine.) A copy of the Snow Leopard Install DVD.

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In this posting I document the steps needed to create aninstaller disk image from Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard retail DVD ina generic way. While the process is well documented byothers[1],I’ll do it here once more with a twist. The whole thing is createdin shell using only command-line tools. The resulting disk imagecan be written onto a USB storage media and then used to installthe operating system to a generic PC that is supported by theretail version of Mac OS X. You’ll need a working Mac OS X 10.6installation running on a genuine Mac or Hackintosh with root shellaccess. For sake of simplicity, we use an image of the Mac OS X10.6 Snow Leopard DVD (called~/Desktop/Hackintosh/Mac_OS_X_10.6_Snow_Leopard.dmg inthis guide) so you must create it from your physical DVDbeforehand[2].

  1. Create a disk image file for the installation media. 6500megabytes will hold the installation partition. The disk image willbe initialized with MBR partition scheme and one partition iscreated onto it. Soon we’ll wipe out this partition, though.

  2. Attach the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard retail DVD image.

  3. The command will print the device name for the disk. Write thatdown. In the guide we’re using /dev/disk1.

  4. Attach the newly created empty disk image.

  5. Write down also the device name for the installer disk. In theguide we’re using /dev/disk2.

  6. Now we use dd(1) command to clone the 3rd partitionfrom the retail DVD that holds the Mac OS X installer and write itto the 1st partition of the installer disk. Be sure to adjust thedevice names according to your system as you can potentiallydestroy your installation big time if you screw up here. This mighttake quite a lot of time to complete.

  7. Then mount the installer disk. The installer file system shouldbe available at /Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD.

  8. Fix the installer mountpoint so that file can be owned byroot.

  9. Rename the installer file system. After that the installer filesystem is available at /Volumes/Hackintosh Snow LeopardInstall Disk.

  10. Mark the file system so that fseventsd doesn’t keep any logsthere.

  1. The most expensive iMac, by comparison, has only a 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo with 4GB of memory for $2,200 ($1,300 more than my build, but it is built into a monitor), while the cheapest Mac Pro has a.
  2. This is where an USB installer disk comes in handy. In addition, with this USB disk, you can also use it to install Mac OS on a machine without CD-ROM (i.e netbook). In this tutorial, we will go through the way to create a Snow Leopard USB installer disk.
  3. Download Mac OS X Snow Leopard v10.6 free latest standalone offline DMG image setup for Macintosh. Final Apple Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 is a powerful Mac Operating System with various new features and many enhancements. Jul 29, 2012 How to burn bootable USB for Snow Leopard Quick & Easy Bootable USB Snow Leopard for Mac. Skip navigation Sign in.

  1. The installer won’t boot on a generic PC without a special bootloader which loads the Mac OS X kernel in an environment thatemulates real Mac. See more about Chameleon in the posting Createpreboot image for Chameleon bootloader. Download Chameleon2.0-RC4[3]boot loader and extractChameleon-2.0-RC4-r684-bin.tar.gz somewhere, e.g.~/Desktop/Hackintosh thus creating directory~/Desktop/Hackintosh/Chameleon-2.0-RC4-r684-bin.

  2. First, unmount the installer disk so that we can write directlyto the block device.

  3. Next few steps are also documented in the filedoc/README under Chameleon directory. We’ll installthe initial boot code to the master boot record of the installerdisk.

  4. And then let’s install the 2nd stage boot code at the beginningof the 1st partition of the installer disk.

  5. Mount the installer disk again. The installer file system shouldbe available at /Volumes/Hackintosh Snow Leopard InstallDisk.

  6. Fix the installer mountpoint so that file can be owned byroot.

  7. And then copy the final stage of Chameleon boot code to theinstaller file system. We’re now done with the boot loader coreinstallation.

  8. While not needed for Chameleon to operate, copy also the initialand 2nd stage boot code images to the installer file system. Youmay need these if you have to recover Chameleon installation.

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Create preboot image for Chameleon that suits your system. I’vewritten about this in the posting called Create prebootimage for Chameleon bootloader. In the following steps it isexpected that the preboot image is saved as the file~/Desktop/Hackintosh/Preboot.dmg.

  1. Chameleon expects to find the preboot image under the directoryExtra in the root of the installer file system. Solet’s create that.

  2. Install the preboot image onto the installer file system

Optionally, you can customize many boot properties such as bootconsole graphics mode or enabled hardware by creating the fileExtra/com.apple.Boot.plist under the Chameleon bootdisk. You could start by copying the file/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plistfrom an existing Mac OS X Snow Leopard installation and then use itas template. Chameleon binary download[3]contains the file doc/BootHelp.txt which lists thesupported com.apple.Boot.plist settings. Also thesepostings[4],[5]contain some useful info about com.apple.Boot.plistfile.

If you want that the installer is booted automatically withoutdisplaying Chameleon GUI, use the following kind of bootconfiguration and save it as /Volumes/Hackintosh Snow LeopardInstall Disk/Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist. Of course you mayalso add any local modifications, such as enabling of somehardware, if needed.

  1. Cleanup installer file system

  2. Image is now ready! You can now eject the retail DVD and theinstaller disk images.

The installer image~/Desktop/Hackintosh/Mac_OS_X_10.6_Snow_Leopard_Hackintosh_Install_Disk.dmgis now ready to be written onto a USB storage media.

  • [1] Install OS X Snow Leopard from a USB flash drive / http://www.maciverse.com/install-os-x-snow-leopard-from-usb-flash-drive.html
  • [2] How to Convert Snow Leopard Retail Disk to .DMG / http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/09/how-to-convert-snow-leopard-retail-disk-to-dmg/
  • [3] Chameleon 2.0-RC4 is out! / http://chameleon.osx86.hu/articles/chameleon-20-rc4-is-out
  • [4] InfiniteMac Forum: SL com.apple.boot.plist / SMBIOS.plist /http://www.infinitemac.com/f57/sl-com-apple-boot-plist-smbios-plist-t4121/
  • [5] AsereBLN: 13.) [10.5] com.apple.Boot.plist / http://aserebln.blogspot.com/2009/07/13.html

If you’re still using a Mac OS X the time will come when your computer won’t boot, or a problem may arise where you can’t take control of the device, and booting from an OS X installation media will be required.

This is why it’s recommended that you make a Mac OS X bootable USB when your Mac is in working conditions. However, if you find yourself on a scenario where your device (iMac, MacBook Pro, Air, Mac Pro or Mini) is not responding and you happen to have a Windows 10 device, then you can still be able to make a USB bootable installation media for your Mac OS X to reinstall the operating system using the Recovery Assistant.

These instructions will also work for Windows users who are running Mac OS X on a virtual machine and need to upgrade to the latest version. For instance, to OS X Yosemite.

Requirements

Hackintosh Snow Leopard Usb Download

Before you dive into this guide, you’ll need a few things:

  • A broken Mac computer with Mac OS X.
  • A trial copy of the TransMac software.
  • One high quality USB flash drive with 16GB of storage.
  • A copy of Apple’s macOS (DMG file).

Now that you have all the necessary ingredients, you’re ready to make a Mac OS X bootable USB using the DMG file of the operating system with the steps below.

Create Mac OS X bootable USB installation media

Before you can use TransMac, you first need to partition your USB flash drive with a GPT partition, as a normal MBR partition may not work. To do this, you’ll need to use the Diskpart command-line utility on Windows 10.

Setting up GPT partition

Use these steps to set up a USB drive with a GPT partition:

  1. Open Start on Windows 10.

  2. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result and select the Run as Administrator option.

  3. Type the following command to open Diskpart and press Enter:

  4. Type the following command to determine the USB flash drive and press Enter:

  5. Type the following command to select the storage and press Enter:

    Quick tip: The select disk 1 command as an example, but you have to replace 1 with the number of the flash drive you want to use.

  6. Type the following commands to delete everything from the USB thumb drive and press Enter:

  7. Type the following command to convert the drive into a GPT partition and press Enter:

  8. Type the following command to select the new partition and press Enter:

After you complete the steps, the USB flash drive from MBR to GPT format, you can use the steps below to create a bootable USB installation media to install Mac OS X.

Create USB install media

Use these steps to create a bootable media to install Mac OS X:

Hackintosh Snow Leopard Usb Install

  1. Download and install a copy of TransMac.

    Quick note: TransMac is a paid software, but it has a 15-day trial solution, that give us more than enough time to move the DMG files to the USB drive from Windows. (If you want to support the developer, you can purchase the full version.)

  2. Insert the USB drive that you’ll use to fix your installation of OS X. (Remember that all the data in the USB will be erased. Make sure you take off any important documents.)

  3. Right-click the TransMac software icon and Run as administrator. (You’ll be prompted to Enter Key or Run, because we’ll be using it once, click the Run option.)

  4. On the left pane, you’ll see all the Windows PC drives listed, right-click the USB drive that you’re intending to use to reinstall Apple’s OS X and select the Restore with Disk Image option.

  5. In the warning dialog box, click the Yes button.

  6. Use the Restore Disk Image to Drive dialog box to browse for the DMG file with the installation files for Mac OS X Yosemite in this case, and click the OK button to create a bootable USB of the operating system.

    Now, you’ll have to wait a long time. No kidding. It could take one or two hours to complete the process depending on your computer and other variables.

Hackintosh Snow Leopard Usb Install

Once your bootable USB installation media is ready, remove it and insert it into your Mac, power it on, holding down the Option key, and select the USB you just created to reinstall Mac OS X.

If you’re having issues trying to create a bootable media, you can get a USB flash drive that comes with Mac OSX ready to install.